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[Solved] Spilled water over my keyboard (discuss.tchncs.de)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/techsupport@lemmy.world
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I spilled about 200ml of water into my desktop PCs keyboard. Like, it was pouring out when I lifted it off the table ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ฑ I unplugged it and tried to get as much water out by allowing it to pour out and stuck tissues into nooks to soak up the access liquid. I tried opening the case but couldn't make my way inside. So I left it out to dry for now almost 24 hours.

So there isn't much that I can still do with a budget of 0โ‚ฌ. No alcohol soak or nothing.

I was just wondering if it was possible for dried residue to short out the keyboard and damage my PC?

UPDATE It works. am typing this on said keyboard right now. weeeeee :D

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[โ€“] [S] 3 points 4 months ago*

Managed to get it open. Didn't consider some hidden screws holding it together. It appears dry (at least one benefit of this feckin heatwave! XD ) So I'll clean out the gunk that has accumulated over the years, put it back to gether and hopefully it'll work :)

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